EUCALYPTUS HONEY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3581, 7 August 1890, Page 2

EUCALYPTUS HONEY.

Beekeepers will be pleased to learn ipon the authority of Mi* T. jondofl,' in " New ' Commercial 'lants and Drugs," No. 11, tliat uealyptus honey is destined to igure as of great importance both as lutriment and as a therapeiitio " iroduot.' 'Analyses of the honey by s N dr U, Herrison, Director 'of.tho )hevrier Laboratory, Paris, iudioate {f hat it possesses all the ..-valuable irinoiples found in the eucalyptus itee. The analysis shows :—Sugar ' mostly laevoluse), 611.6; ash, 1.8; Moisture, 215.6; active principles of ' mcalyptus, 170.0; total, 1000.0, Various attempts were made by Mr vi Herrison to artificially obtain thislioney by mixing the various injredients together with ordinary honey.; But it was found that no 1 amount of. careful' stirring ind other treatment would .prevent the active principles of tho eucalypt from separating and gradually volstising. ' Eucalyptus honey filtered at a temperature of 68deg. Fahr., presents the appearance of a .thiok ■ • transparent and homogenous syrup '' of deep orange color, with an odour which at once points to its source. It is very soluble-in milk,' water; and wine, but less in alcohol. : It is v difßoull to ferment on account of the large proportion of sugar it contains. Its action upon dogs, when given in milk, produced a slowing of the heart's action, and a surprising diminution of the pulsations.. In one. case '. from 124 to even as.low as : 70; per '%. ..Hpon Vliimseif the ilobior" ": found it,' if taken in warm milk, to yield a most pleasant beverage, and to produce after a few minutis an agreeable Bensatioh of warmtli in the body; tho active principles of the lioney being eliminated through the larnyx and the bronchial tubes, and tendering the voice dearer and more t'esouant. The breath became per. 'urned, and the luugs acted in a freer md more elastic manner. After aking the honey for a week the loctor said ho could indulgein violen fc «oroise : without feelinpr nny strain